I met up with the super talented yellowbirddd at a rainy baseball field on Christmas Eve to film an acoustic session. You can watch the result in the replies. He played two songs from his recent album, CENTINELA, along with a cover of Cursive's "The Recluse."

Even after taking practice out of the equation, however, "over three-quarters of the genetic variance in music accomplishment remained," they report. This means that the aforementioned "genetically influenced propensities” to practice “are not sufficient to explain all of the genetic influences on accomplishment."

Rather, the researchers conclude, musical accomplishment is determined in large part by “a host of other genetically influenced factors, such as musical aptitude or basic abilities.”